Verity & Volition Official Blog

Be bold, it is easier to simplify than to magnify.
-- Geneviève Sevin-Doering
As a then fashion design student and now fashion design practitioner, I am from time to time amazed by how difficult a garment creation appears yet how simple the patterns are to construct it. This of course is not always true. There are garments consisting...

Transform sweaters into messages, shirts into signs, and jeans into signifiers.
-- Luciano Benetton
United Colors of Benetton is a 50-year old Italian fashion brand that enjoyed wild international success in the fashion industry with a market focus on the young adults. In its heyday, it had 40 plus stores in the United States and its airy boutiques...

“The past is what bonds us – The future leads us.”  - MAISON MARTIN MAGIELA
A couple of years ago when I was still in the design school honing my pattern making skills and exploring my creative mind, I have stumbled upon a quite unique and extraordinary magazine. I have somewhat a hesitation to call it a "fashion" magazine not...

One of the most moving fashion collection, for me, has to be the Fall 2010 Women's Ready-to-wear from Alexander McQueen, which took place a week or so after the designer had committed suicide, leaving the unfinished 16 pieces of garments to the rest...